Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland.

This is a famous verse, included in numbers of songs, but how much do we believe it? We tend to be like Solomon, thinking that everything will keep on going on like it always has. It is true that God Himself doesn’t change, (Malachi 3:6 and several more) but the things He does are often new to us. Just within the last year or two Saudi Arabia had so much rain in a short time that they not only had literal rivers in the desert, they had flash floods! As Don Moen memorably wrote, “God Will Make a Way.” That’s one of the songs that reference this verse. We are never to think that things can’t change in our circumstances, in what we experience. We are to be listening to Him with obedient hearts, not hanging onto how things have always been, but understanding that when He spoke the universe into being, creating something new is no problem for Him. Humility and gratitude are key to recognizing what He is doing and getting with His program. That’s not to say we are to always jump on “the latest thing,” particularly theologically. The devil is very adept at tempting us with “shiny objects.” However, firmly grounded in Christ and His Word, we are to be ready for whatever He brings our way, for His glory.

I have certainly had my times of being distracted by new things, but at my current age I tend to be happier with the old and familiar – since I myself fit into that category! This is a Word that I specifically have to pay attention to, because the Lord has indicated in various ways that He has planned changes in my life. Interpreting for the conference this week was a huge blessing, and was definitely not something I’ve been asked to do very much. I can’t say what all else He has planned, but I’m to be flexible and obedient, open to the unfamiliar, trusting My Lord to have an excellent plan. If I will do that, He will work His will through me and it will build up the Body of Christ, I will be blessed, and He will be glorified.

Father, thank You for this Word. Thank You for the various hints You’ve been giving us that You have new things in the offing. Help me be fully and properly prepared, and fully obedient to You, for Your glory alone. Thank You. Praise God!